Improvement in corn-markers



F. B. KENDALL.

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lllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIII-lllllll UNITED STATES PATENT QEETE;

FRANCIS B. KENDALL, OF MONMOU'IH, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-MARKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,565, dated April 4, 1876 application filed February 1, 1876.

" To all whom 'it may concern:

- and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beingiiad to,

the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l isa top view of amachine embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a plane in a'line with the near side ot' the draft-pole.

My invention relates to implements for marking out -corn-ground previous to planting; and consists in a new and improved machine upon which the operator rides, the wheels, of which there are four, operating as the markers, so that it marks four rows at once, all of which are necessarily parallel with each other. y

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents an axle of a length corresponding with.

the distance between four rows of corn. B B are wheels arranged to revolve on spindles on the ends ofthe axle A. C is a shorter axle, its length corresponding to the distance-between two rows ofcorn; and D D are wheels mounted on the ends ot' the axle O. The shorter axle is arranged behind the longer, and the two axlesrare rigidly connected by bars E E, the rear ends of which are farther apart than their forward ends, as clearly shown by Fig. l of the drawings. F is the drivers7 seat, supported on uprights G G, on the axles A and C, and projects some distance in rear ofthe axle C, as plainly shown in the drawings. H is the tongue or draft-pole.- Itis `pivoted to and between the forward ends of the bars E at h, a point some distance from its rear end. l is a curved or arc-shaped bar, having ends '511, which are bent forward, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. This bar I is securely bolted to the forward axle A.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The driver sits straddling the seat F, with his feeton the bars E. The axle and wheels being arranged as shown, it will be evident that the wheels'will leave four parallel tracks as the machine passes over the ground, the distance between the tracks being equal to that required between the rows of corn. When the machine reaches the end of the field it would require too much space tol turn it so as to commence a new series`of marks or tracks, were the extended forward axle and wheels required to'remain in contact with the ground; but by the driver moving backward onto the part of his seat which projects in rear of the axle C,

-his weight tilts the machine, and causes the forward axle and wheels to rise above the ground until the rear end of the draft-pole comes in contact with the upper bent end ot' the bar I, which acts as a stop to preventfar-- ther motion in this direction. The machine can then be easily turned upon the rear wheels within the required distance, and again proceed across the lield. The lower bent end of the bar I also acts as a stop to prevent lthe forward end ofthe tongue from rising too far should the machine be descending a hill or declivity in the field.l

y Vhat I claim as new, and desire to patent, 1s

The long axle A, with wheels B, and short axle C, with wheels D, in combination with the seat F, pivoted tongue H, and bar I, the seat projecting in rear of the axle C, for the purpose of raising the long axle and wheels above the ground, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses this 23d day of January, 1875.

. F. B. KENDALL. Witnesses:

J. J. TUNNIoLlFF, L. J. BosWoRTH. 

